INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Fifty-one events are scheduled for the 67th season of USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship competition in 2022, stretching as far south as Florida, as far east as New Jersey, as far north as South Dakota and concluding out west in California.
A number of events return to venues after lengthy absences, in addition to new tracks and many changes from recent years.
On April 16, USAC returns to Ohio’s Atomic Speedway, returning to the three-eighths-mile clay oval 28 years following its last completed race in 1994. The series attempted to race at Atomic in 2010 but rain cancelled the program.
A hearty mid-May weekend makes a trip across the Mississippi River for three-straight USAC National Sprint Car races.
Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City reenters the fold on May 12 after its last series race in 2017. The following night’s venue, U.S. 36 Raceway in Osborn, Mo., is the lone new track during the swing on May 13. To round out the weekend, it’s off to I-70 Motorsports Park in Odessa, Mo., which was last visited by the series in 1996 when it was still a paved oval. The one and only occasion of USAC sprint car racing at I-70 on dirt came in 1982.
The 52nd annual Tony Hulman Classic at Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track is the longest-tenured race on the series’ schedule, dating back to 1971.
The event has moved to the weekend for 2022 and has doubled in size, going from one night to two on May 20-21, with the second of two nights now paying $10,000-to-win.
Indiana’s newest dirt track, Circle City Raceway in Indianapolis, is slated for two consecutive events May 25-26 during the Week of Indy with the second night also paying $10,000-to-win.
A Badgerland weekend brings the USAC Sprint Cars to the state of Wisconsin on June 25-26. The first of the two nights takes the series to Wilmot Raceway for the first time since 2012, while Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie rolls out the red carpet for Thunder & Lightning division action after a hiatus since 2015.
The bulk of the schedule consists of traditional venues with Winter Dirt Games XIII at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., for three-straight nights on Feb. 17-19, with the finale paying $10,000 to the winner.
Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway kicks off the first Midwest race of the season on April 2 with southern Indiana staples, Bloomington Speedway and Tri-State Speedway on April 29 for the Larry Rice Classic and on April 30 for the Spring Showdown, respectively.
In May, the series makes two-straight Eldora Speedway stops for #LetsRaceTwo alongside the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car Series on May 6-7 at the Rossburg, Ohio half-mile, both USAC events paying $10,000-to-win each night.
The Eastern Storm takes the stage featuring six races in six nights during mid-June in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, starting at Pennsylvania’s Grandview Speedway on June 14, Bridgeport (N.J.) Motorsports Park on June 15, Selinsgrove (Pa.) Speedway on June 16, and a return to Pennsylvania’s Williams Grove Speedway for the first time since 2018.
The series rounds out with a USAC Silver Crown and USAC National Sprint Car doubleheader on June 18 at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway with the Eastern Storm finale set for June 19 at Bloomsburg (Pa.) Fair Raceway.
The Bill Gardner Sprintacular is annually spectacular, and the event provides back-to-back nights of activity on July 1-2 at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, Ind., the finale paying $10,000 to the victor.
The following week, the series makes the trek to Brandon, S.D., for the second edition of the Huset’s Speedway USAC Nationals, with three nights of USAC National Sprint Car and USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget doubleheaders on the card for July 8-10, the finale of which pays $20,000 for the winning driver.
The 35th edition of Indiana Sprint Week has expanded to eight events over a nine-night span July 22-30, featuring seven familiar Hoosier-state venues as well as a first-time host on the annual USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship summer tour.
Gas City, Kokomo, Lawrenceburg, Terre Haute, Lincoln Park, Bloomington and Tri-State will be joined by Circle City in making 2022 tied for the largest Indiana Sprint Week slate. An eight-race schedule has also previously taken place in 2007 and ’19.
Sprint Car Smackdown XI welcomes USAC National Sprint Cars for three nights at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway on August 25-27, with a $15,000 top prize going to the winning driver on the final, championship night.
The final month of the season brings more high-powered, lucrative paying events with the $12,000-to-win Haubstadt Hustler on Sept. 17 at Tri-State Speedway, followed by the James Dean Classic at Indiana’s Gas City I-69 Speedway on Sept. 22, which leads into the $10,000-to-win 4-Crown Nationals at Eldora on Sept. 24 and the $10,000-to-win Fall Nationals at Lawrenceburg on Oct. 1.
USAC Sprints close out the 2022 campaign on Nov. 3-4-5 with the Oval Nationals at California’s Perris Auto Speedway, which concludes with a $15,000 payday going to the winner of the 26th running of the event.
Four events are to be announced Sept. 16, Sept. 30, Oct. 28 and Oct. 29.
2022 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship schedule
Feb 17: Bubba Raceway Park | Ocala, FL | Winter Dirt Games
Feb 18: Bubba Raceway Park | Ocala, FL | Winter Dirt Games
Feb 19: Bubba Raceway Park | Ocala, FL | Winter Dirt Games
Apr 2: Lawrenceburg Speedway | Lawrenceburg, IN
Apr 16: Atomic Speedway | Chillicothe, OH
Apr 29: Bloomington Speedway | Bloomington, IN | Larry Rice Classic
Apr 30: Tri-State Speedway | Haubstadt, IN | Spring Showdown
May 6: Eldora Speedway | Rossburg, OH | #LetsRaceTwo
May 7: Eldora Speedway | Rossburg, OH | #LetsRaceTwo
May 12: Lakeside Speedway | Kansas City, KS
May 13: U.S. 36 Raceway | Osborn, MO
May 14: I-70 Motorsports Park | Odessa, MO
May 20: Terre Haute Action Track | Terre Haute, IN
May 21: Terre Haute Action Track | Terre Haute, IN | Tony Hulman Classic
May 25: Circle City Raceway | Indianapolis, IN | Week of Indy
May 26: Circle City Raceway | Indianapolis, IN | Week of Indy
Jun 14: Grandview Speedway | Bechtelsville, PA | Eastern Storm / Jesse Hockett Classic
Jun 15: Bridgeport Motorsports Park | Swedesboro, NJ | Eastern Storm
Jun 16: Selinsgrove Speedway | Selinsgrove, PA | Eastern Storm
Jun 17: Williams Grove Speedway | Mechanicsburg, PA | Eastern Storm
Jun 18: Port Royal Speedway | Port Royal, PA | Eastern Storm
Jun 19: Bloomsburg Fair Raceway | Bloomsburg, PA | Eastern Storm
Jun 25: Wilmot Raceway | Wilmot, WI
Jun 26: Angell Park Speedway | Sun Prairie, WI
Jul 1: Lincoln Park Speedway | Putnamville, IN | Bill Gardner Sprintacular
Jul 2: Lincoln Park Speedway | Putnamville, IN | Bill Gardner Sprintacular
Jul 8: Huset’s Speedway | Brandon, SD | Huset’s Speedway USAC Nationals
Jul 9: Huset’s Speedway | Brandon, SD | Huset’s Speedway USAC Nationals
Jul 10: Huset’s Speedway | Brandon, SD | Huset’s Speedway USAC Nationals
Jul 22: Gas City I-69 Speedway | Gas City, IN | Indiana Sprint Week
Jul 23: Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Indiana Sprint Week
Jul 24: Lawrenceburg Speedway | Lawrenceburg, IN | Indiana Sprint Week
Jul 25: Circle City Raceway | Indianapolis, IN | Indiana Sprint Week
Jul 27: Terre Haute Action Track | Terre Haute, IN | Indiana Sprint Week / Don Smith Classic
Jul 28: Lincoln Park Speedway | Putnamville, IN | Indiana Sprint Week
Jul 29: Bloomington Speedway | Bloomington, IN | Indiana Sprint Week / Sheldon Kinser Memorial
Jul 30: Tri-State Speedway | Haubstadt, IN | Indiana Sprint Week
Aug 25: Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Sprint Car Smackdown
Aug 26: Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Sprint Car Smackdown
Aug 27: Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Sprint Car Smackdown
Sep 16: TBA
Sep 17: Tri-State Speedway | Haubstadt, IN | Haubstadt Hustler
Sep 22: Gas City I-69 Speedway | Gas City, IN | James Dean Classic
Sep 24: Eldora Speedway | Rossburg, OH | 4-Crown Nationals
Sep 30: TBA
Oct 1: Lawrenceburg Speedway | Lawrenceburg, IN | Fall Nationals
Oct 28: TBA
Oct 29: TBA
Nov 3: Perris Auto Speedway | Perris, CA | Oval Nationals
Nov 4: Perris Auto Speedway | Perris, CA | Oval Nationals
Nov 5: Perris Auto Speedway | Perris, CA | Oval Nationals